What is CVE-2017-17130?

CVE-2017-17130 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-17130?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libav

CVE-2017-17130

The ff_free_picture_tables function in libavcodec/mpegpicture.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to vc1_decode_i_blocks_adv.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-12-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libav — versions 12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17130?: CVE-2017-17130 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-17130?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.